Viagra is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Pfizer’s pill was the first drug against male impotence to be approved in the United States. In 2012, the company made 2 billion U.S. Dollars from Viagra alone.
Silvio Berlusconi rises to power in Italy
In his 20 years in Italian politics, Berlusconi arguably made more headlines for his numerous affairs and scandals than for his policies. In 2013, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for tax fraud.
The worst air crash in history occurs in Tenerife, Spain
583 people died when 2 Boeing 747 aircraft collided on the runway.
England and Scotland compete in the first international rugby match
Like association football, rugby is a British invention. Today, it is a popular sport mainly in large parts of the British Commonwealth.
- 1971 David Coulthard
Scottish race car driver - 1970 Mariah Carey
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress - 1963 Quentin Tarantino
American director, screenwriter, producer - 1924 Sarah Vaughan
American singer - 1845 Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 2006 Rudolf VrbaCzech/Canadian holocaust survivor, educator
- 2002 Billy Wilder
Austrian/American director - 1972 M. C. Escher
Dutch illustrator - 1968 Yuri Gagarin
Russian pilot, astronaut - 1898 Syed Ahmad Khan
Indian educator, politician
